Notes: In NICU, the lyric "Play it, Leo!" was replaced with "Leo's House!" Scent of a Mule contained a tease of The Tra La La Song (One Banana, Two Banana) from Page. Trey and Mike wore identical T-shirts in the first set. Trey said he wouldn't give away who was on their shirts, but said during the beginning of Mockingbird that it was "the famous mockingbird!" (The face on the shirt was actually local musician David Mayfield; Trey and Mike had apparently seen him the previous night). The shirts were again referenced during Icculus, with the image showing on the video screens and Trey saying it was written by the man on the screen. The Rock and Roll jam featured a tease from Mike of A Love Supreme. Reba did not contain the whistling ending. Bike was played for the first time since June 18, 2009 (100 shows). During his vacuum solo, Fish teased Somewhere Over the Rainbow. After his solo, Fish forgot the words to Bike, prompting the band to play HYHU. In the soundcheck, Funky Bitch was briefly teased before Dog Log began.

i revisited this show the other day, so i thought i'd give my $.02. i've seen phish 29 times, dating back to 1995, and it'd be impossible to pick a singular "best" show.....there are about a half-dozen shows that i could make that argument for, and all for different reasons. however, if i had to pick a show that captured the entire spectrum of phish, i might be tempted to pick this particular night in charlotte. there truly was something for everyone, newbies and diehards alike....we got crowd pleasers ala "bouncin'" & "sample"; songs for hardliners ala "forbins>mockingbird" & "icculus" (throw in "wilson" and that makes FOUR gamehendge tunes for the evening); solid, disciplined jamming in songs such as "wolfman's", "rock and roll", "ghost", "reba", and "you enjoy myself"; levity in moments such as the "scent" jam, the trampolines in YEM, the goofy narration in "icculus", and last but not least fishman's rendition of "bike"; a beefy two sets of music (a running time of over 3 hours on my CDs....definitely got my money's worth & then some); oh, and did i mention NO ballads on this particular evening? it was my wife's first phish concert, and a buddy that also went with us had seen the band almost 200 times, and all three of us universally agreed we had just witnessed a heater of a show. nowadays i can only attend maybe one phish show a year due to other obligations taking center stage, so i'm sure glad i chose charlotte as the show to go to in 2011!

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